Self- Quizzing at Broadwater

At Broadwater School, we recognise that completing homework each day with integrity can have a huge positive impact on students’ learning of key knowledge, their progress and confidence.

Our homework systems have been designed based on scientific research into how students learn best. We know that we need to rehearse things many times to be able to retrieve and remember them long term. We also know that becoming an expert in any area requires us to learn key knowledge as a starting point. This is why our homework system is based around every student using their Knowledge Organiser to self-quiz. Repeatedly rehearsing this knowledge, using the Look, Cover, Write, Check process, will allow students to learn key knowledge over time and this in turn, will lead to fantastic progress and outcomes.

Our homework system is also intended to be easy for students and families to understand, so that every student is able to complete homework with integrity each day, contributing to their progress in school.

Our KS3 homework timetable is shown below. Parents/carers are asked to encourage their children to acquire the habit of doing their homework early in the evening and to ensure that it is done ahead of the deadline. The school library is available for those students who prefer to work during lunchtime or stay after school to complete homework. Staff help is always available. This facility is open from 9.00am until 4.00pm each day. Access to IT Resources is also available until 4.00pm.

 All students will have the following resources to be able to complete their self-quizzing successfully and these will be provided by tutors each half term:

-Knowledge Organiser Booklet

-Self-Quizzing Question Booklet

-Exercise Book for Self-quizzing completion

This video gives key information about our homework processes at Broadwater:

 

This video gives guidance on how to self-quiz effectively at home:

Sparx Learning

Sparx Reader, Sparx Maths and Sparx Science will be set every week according to the homework timetable. Sparx can be accessed via the following link: https://sparx-learning.com/